St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-19
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

and received a sentence OF TWO wears IN |
he pcnitcntiary, has just compleVca ms
sentence and has been released
Two small boys, aged eight and ter
years. while III the woods III Jones 'oNh-
~, Ga d few days ago gathering ofn7A'
we're set upon by Sam RlVend, a99h Soy
'nteen, and murdered with an aAc'
3ivend was arrested and has conie7Se!'
BY a railway collision near . 3@@nI&h'
Ala, d few days ago, two engines were
gractlca llv demolished. a number Of cars
we're wrecked, and James Tucker, engl'
nrcr and James McDcrmott, fireman,
we're killed
| Sam Bralow. a wcll-known negro dos'
Dorado, was shot and nlcrtally wounded
At Shreveport. La, q few days ago by 10
/ iccman Dan Holland BrGloW was un1"f
arrest and attempted to escape, shocking
! Holland down with a chair.
! Chattanooga, Tenn. is il tiiTuit or
excitement over recent extraordinary
| transactions in real estate in that city 'hi
| :otal sales of the past month having az
! grcgated nearly four and a halt hllI4t""
I dollars.
! A fatal accident occurred reccpt!yln the
eastcrn part Of l.onolSc County, Arr' ih7
| little son of Colonel j. NJ. johnson was OUT
! hunting and accidentally shot himself IN
the foot with load Of small shot. Inc
wound was very slight and no Thought was
entertained of fatal termination. le"
! days afterward, however, lock-Ja super
yened and death ensued.
| DR.. NJ Alexander, one Of the leading
! physicians Of Knoxville, Tenn. alter u re-
! cent protractcd spree took an overdose or
morphine with fatal result, leaving WHO
and two sons. Deceased was very hi%hly
connected.
The miners employed at the var! >us
coal mines in Walker County, Ala hoih {.
| meeting a few evenings since, al "hlch
they decided to strike, their demand TOR
an increase of ten cents per ton having
been refused Five hundred men nave
| gone out.
The Alabama Legislature has passed
and the Governor has approved bill pro-
| hibitiur the employment Of minors TO sell
liqaor IN that State.
DR.. T. J. Ford, Of Shreveport, Ia who
killed J. C. Kirkpatrick Of that city. IN
Crescent Hall, New Orleans, last sum
mer, has pleaded guilty to mansla'igh'ef
and is awaiting sentence
Under DEGREES of the Federal courts, the
property Of the southern Telegraph Com
pauy was recently sod at auction at R.ch-
mond, Va, for sl6O,0O1. The main and
branch lines cover eighteen hundred
| miles between Washington and Selma,
Ala.
Nearly one thousand citizens of Louis
vile. XIV, assembled at the railway STA
ton to welcome home Andy Nepler, the
ex-alderman who killed Henry Clay, Tor
which crime he served two years in the
penitentiary at Frankfort. A grand en-
tertainment was given at the house OF the
murderer
John H. Reagan who was recently elect
ed Senator from Texas, was Postmaster
| General OF the Confederate States. and IS
the author of the Interstate Commerce
bill.
: George Airy, who recently played the
bogus gold-ring trick in Cincinnati, st.
Louis and Memphis. Tenn, was convicted
at Nashville a few days ago and sentence
70 the penitentiary for three years. While
at the door of the Jail Airy escaped from
the officer in charge, but was recaptured
aud taken to the penitentiary.
Father Lawler, OF louisville. Nv, has
, accommodated from the Cathollc Churcn
a grocer named Michael Mccoy, who NAL
treated his first wife until she secured a
divorce. whereupon he married young
woman living next door. All members OF
the church are forbidden to recognize the
| offender.
, A mobof masked men, about thirty tive
strong. entered the jail at Seguin, county
seat of Guadalupe County, Tex, few
mornings since, and, OverpoWerlng the
. taller, took three negroes. Coly 1homp
SON. Andy Williams and Warren wilson
, who. several weeks ago, murdered
connie of Mexicans, and hanged them t.
8 as many trees in full view Of the town.
q The Jail at Berryville, Ark, was broker
r. few nights ago and all the prisoners es
caped. At last accounts none OF them hac
+ been recaptured.
: H. NJ Pierce, president OF the NashVlll
a CTenn.) Land Improvement Company ma
5 agreed to donate 100000 toward lmproV
ing the public park at the new town O
davidson. three miles from Nashville
y He also agrees to build a standard-gaug
a steel road from the Union depot to David
son and nresent it to the Land Improve
,, ment Company.
A 7,remature explosion occurred at tn
S Tuman Tenn) Iron mines few days age
n resulting in the killing Of two convict
sand the wounding of eight others.
g The residence of Captain W. ). Philip
- atI-niontown. KY, was totally destroye
nv fire q few evenings since, and the II
!. mates barely escaped with their hVe
:. The loss is estimated at 5000, insured lt
% $500 The fire originated from spark
;, from the pipe of a servant who was smoi
!, ing in bed. He was slightly burned II nj
Il endeayors to extinguish the flames.
Is Harry Morrison, while going down Tow
n at louisville. KY, few nights ago me
with singular accident and miraculor
y escape from death: a bolt OF llgntnln
e, struck the earth about three feet in tro1
Of of him, tearing the ground up all aroun
If hun and lifting him fully three feet IN tn
,e air. He fell upon his side and was gun
D. badly bruised. The sole OF the snoe on II
left foot was ripped of as cleanly {
e tbonoh cnt with knife. His left leg ha
a h1ac, streak on the inner side producin
rs feeling Of numbness, otherwise he su
y fered no serious consequences from b